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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
1
A jumble of booster notices and anecdotes covers ailments cured by Electric Bitters and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, a pig shot by a target rifle near Weatherhead’s property, a Buffalo and New York excursion announcement, sales of corn by a farmer, and reports of property transfers in Rock Port.
An advertisement touts a vegetable treatment described as a universal cure for diseases from impure blood. Eight months of therapy costs $1, and one month $0.25, with cures guaranteed or no pay. It seeks local agents and offers free samples from H S Swan in Hamburg.
A collage of testimonials touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and other nostrums with claims of curing blindness and relief from indigestion. It includes humorous exchanges about advertisements offering easy pay and not being worked to death, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper tone.
Sleeplessness and nervous debility are described as symptoms, not diseases, caused by disharmony of organs. The cordial claims to restore order, cleanse waste, and improve digestion nerves and sleep. Sold by agents and C. Stoner & Co.
Farm loans at five percent optional promoted with brokers A B Noble in Hamburg and John Y Qualaban in Chicago. Nickel Plate Railway advertises daily excursions from Chicago to Buffalo and New York with low rates eastward. A Deming Indiana mother's note cites Chamberlains Colic remedy easing a teething baby’s diarrhea. J D Curran, longtime Sidney Q section boss, dies. Masonic funeral held with many Randolph Masons attending.
Mrs. Nannie Galleger of La Grange Georgia used Bucklen's Arnica Salve on great head and face sores and reports a rapid cure far exceeding her expectations. The ad touts the product for sores bruises skin eruptions cuts burns scalds and piles with a 25 cent price and Bartlett Doyle as distributors. The column then pivots to a short quip about wedding gifts and disappointment in a light humorous aside.
A vintage ad asserts Stops the Cough and works off the Cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cure in one day. It offers no cure no pay and lists a price of 26 cents.
Dr G B Stivers of Louisville touts Morley’s Wonderful Eight as a cure for neuralgia with a five minute relief claim. The ad also features Chamberlain's remedies as proven cures by Rev A Power and anecdotes, plus a humorous quip about a boy waiting for his father to whip the editor at a newspaper office.
An old style clipping touts Dr King New Life Pills and Morley's Liver and Kidney Cordial promising clear skin rosy cheeks vibrant health. It blends jokes and medical claims with a travel ad for Nickel Plate low Buffalo fares via John Y. Calaban in Chicago.
2 000 acres with improvements offered in tracts from 40 acres near Hamburg Ta priced 15 to 30 dollars per acre with easy terms. Also city property bargains. Real estate broker A B Noble East Midway Hamburg Ta. Pan American and return rail tickets to Buffalo from Chicago at low rates with daily sales and 10 day return. John Y Calahan general agent 111 Adams St Chicago. Also ads for DeWitts Little Early Risers and Russ Bleaching Blue with brief product pitches.
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